The Boogeyman Bomb | Foreign Policy

“EMP is an intense burst of electromagnetic radiation resulting from a large explosion that can potentially wipe out all unprotected electronics.” A great plot device in everything from video games to movies to comics, thrillers and science fiction novels – a heavy iron analog for our nightmares of electronic dependency – but how real is the EMP threat?

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